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09/847,113

May 1, 2001

CHUNLIN TAO

1637

Jeffrey Siew

A-69306-1

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

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No.

A1

A2

A3

A4

A5

U.S- Patent Oocument
Number-Kind Code* {if known)

4 t 81 9,658

5,032,216

5,200,471

5,519,635

5.585,646

Publication Date
MM-DOYYYY

04-11-1989

07-16-1991

04-06-1993

05-21-1996

12-17-1996

Name of Patentee or Applicant of Cited
Oocument

Kolodner

Felten

Coleman et al

Miyake et al.

Kossovsky et at.

Pages. Columns. Lines, Where Relevant
Passages or Relevant Figures Appear

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A6

5,763,191

06-09-1998

Knoll et al

A7

5,795,953

08-18-1998

Kim et al.

A8

5.834,224

11-10-1998

Ruger et al.

A9

5,942,397

08-24-1999

Tarlov et al.

A10

6,020,047

02-01-2000

Everhart

A11

6.090,933

07-18-2000

Kayyem et al.

A12

6,096,497

08-01-2000

Bauer

A13

6,256,155 B1

07-03-2001

Nagaoka

A14

6,291,188 B1

09-18-2001

Meade et al.

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

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B2

B3

B4

B5

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Foreign Patent Document

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known)

WO 99/57319 A1

WO 98/57159 A1

WO 95/34816 A1

WO 98/20162 A3

WO 96710178 A1

EP 0 664 452

Publication Oate
MM-DO-YYYY

11-11-1999

12-17-1998

12-21-1995

05-14-1998

04-04-1996

07-26-1995

Name of Patentee or Applicant of Cited
Document

Clinical Micro Sensors

Clinical Micro Sensors

Pharmacia Biosensor AB

Clinical Micro Sensors

Pharmacia Biosensor AB

Boehringer Mannheim GMBH

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CHUNLIN TAO

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Jeffrey Slew

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BAIN et al., "Formation of Monolayers by the Spontaneous of Thiols on Gold: Variation in the
T entrth of the Alkvl Chain "J Am Chem Soc 1989. 11 1:7164-7175.

C2

B AMD AD, C. "A DNA Self- Assembled Monolayer for the Specific Attachment of Unmodified
Double - or Sinele Stranded DNA " BiovhvsicalJournal 1998, 75:1997-2003.

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CHE, G. et al., "Voltammetry of defect sites at a self-assembled monolayer on a gold surface," J.
of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 1998, 453: 9-17.

C4

COLVIN, et al., Semiconductor Nanocrystals Covalently Bound to Metal burtaces with belt-
Assembled Monolayers", J. Am. Chem. Soc, 1992, 114:5221-5230.

C5

Commerce Business Daily Issue, September 26, 1996, PSA#1688.

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DELAMARCHE, E. et al "Immobilization of Antibodies on a Photoactive Self-Assembled
Monolayer on Gold", Langmuir, 1996, 12:1997-2006.

C7

GAFNI, et al., "Biomimetic Ion-Binding Monolayers on Gold and Their Characterization by AC-
Impedance Spectroscopy", Chem. Eur. J., 1996, 2:759-766.

C8

GAO et ah, "Self-assembled conducting polymer monolayers of poly(3-octlthiophene) on gold
electrodes," Synthetic Metals, 1995, 75:5-10.

C9

HSUEH et al., "Electrochemically Directed Self-Assembly on Gold," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,
2000, 39(7): 1227-1230.

C10

KUMAR et al., "Patterning Self-Assembled Monolayers: Applications in Materials Science "
Langmuir, 1994, 10:1498-1511.

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LAIBINIS et al., "Orthogonal Self-Assembled Monolayers: Alkanethiols on Gold and Alkane
Carboxylic Acids on Alumina," Reports, August 25, 1989, 845-847.

C12

LOFAS et al., "A novel hydrogel matrix on gold surfaces in surface plasmon resonance sensors
for fast and efficient covalent immobilization of Ligands," J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1990,
1526-1528.

C13

MCGOVERN et al., "Role of Solvent on the Silanization of Glass with Octadecyltrichlorosilane,"
Langmuir, 1994, 10:3607-3614.

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C14

PARIKH et al., "An Intrinsic Relationship Between Molecular Structure in Self- Assembled n-
Alkylsiloxane Monolayers and Deposition Temperature," J. Phys. Chem., 1994, 98:7577-7590..

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C15

PRIME et al., "Adsorption of Proteins onto Surfaces Containing End- Attached 01igo(ethylene
oxide): A Model System Using Self-Assembled Monolayers," J. Am. Chem. Soc, 1993,
115:10714-10721.

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Application Number

09/847,113

Filing Date

May 1,2001

First Named Inventor

CHUNLIN TAO

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1637

Examiner Name

Jeffrey Siew

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Receptors," Science, September 2, 1994, 265: 1413-1415.

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SHNEK et al., "Specific Protein Attachment to Artificial Membranes via Coordination to Lipid-
Bound Copper (11), Langmuir> iyy4, iu.z3oz-ZJo5.

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SIGAL et al., "A Self- Assembled Monolayer for the Binding and Study of Histidine-Tagged
Proteins by Surface Plasmon Resonance," Anal. Chem., 1996, 68(3):490-497.

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SPINKE et al., "Molecular Recognition at Self-Assembled Monolayers: The Construction of

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SPINKE et al., "Molecular recognition at self-assembled monolayers: Optimization of surface
functionalization," J. Chem. Phys. , November 1, 1993, 99(9):7012-7019.

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WHITESEDES et al,, "Wet Chemical Approaches to the Characterization of Organic Surfaces:
Self- Assembled Monol avers We trine and the Phvsical-Orcanic Chemistrv of the Solid-Liauid
Interface," Langmuir y 1990, 6:87-96.

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